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June 28, 1938. D. A, SPRIGINGS CAN Filed Dec. as, 1937 INVENTOR prlgufs I ORNEY Patented June 28, 1938 corporation :of NewJerseyi i y 'I l'us invention relates .to an improvernentin cans or other similar receptacles and especially those employed for containing liquids and {has for its object the provisionof means by which a pouring spout may be attached to' a can top to.

only facilitate the dispensation of the {can contents, but greatly aid in the maintenance of a sanitary container.

t further object of the invention is to provide a means for attaching a pouring spout to a can or likefreceptacle. in w h'ich the spout is rotative: ly mounted on the-can top whereby the spout mayjwhen de sired, be moved to an inoperative ,position and will, by such movement, act as a -valve to close the outlet opening'in the can and thereby protect the contents.

More particularly, the invention contemplates the provision of a can top having a cup-shaped seat or depression, the side walls of which are distorted to engage over cooperating wall portions on a pouring spout, to hold said spout in position in said seat yet permit manual rotative movement of the spout, said spout having an opening adapted to register with a manuallyformed opening in the can top when the spout is in pouring position, and to close the opening in the can top when the spout is manually rotated to a non-pouring position.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein an em- "'bodiment of the invention is shown, Fig.1 is a side elevation of a can provided with the improvement, with parts broken away and other parts shown in section to disclose construction; Fig. 2. is a sectional view of the upper end of a can, showing the attachment of the spout, the sectionbeing taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 3,

' looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a sectional view through the can top, showing the formation of a cup-shaped depression or spout seat therein in the form in which it is initially produced prior to the insertion of the spout; Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a part of the can top, showing the side wall of the seatexpanded or distorted outwardly and the cupped,

end of the spout inserted in the seat preparatory to being expanded to engage with the wall of the seat; and Fig. 6 is a sectional view through a part of thecan seat and the bottom portion of may be of anysuitable shape and the sameis provided with the usual top 2 and bottom 3, the

same being seamed to the can body in the conventional manner. -With the can shown, it is tort wall I l.

s mtmpnt that the fining of nastiness 'ri formed through a filler opening located in the;

can bottom 3, said opening being thereafterper manently sealed. by a. cap 4, or other secure, liq.-" uid-tight type of seal. The filler opening cari of course, be located in'the top of the can; or, at". any other convenient position. f 1

The can top 2 is provided with a pouring sp 5 a'daptedto not only'facilitate 'thepourin'g dispensing of the contents M from 'theican, but. to also act 'as a valve.v The spout has a pouring end or nose 6 and'afcup-shaped base 9,,th'e

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latter element 9 being adapted to be rotatively maintained 'in a cup-shaped seat or depression in the top'of the can, said" recess infit's'; initial form prior to engagementwith the spoutgb'eing' shown at 8 in Fig. 4. In preparation for placement of the spout in position in the seat 8, said seat first has its annular side wall 1 expanded or distorted outwardly by suitable forming rollers until it assumes the shape substantially as shown at l2 in Figs. 2, 5 .and 6. The spout 5. now has its cup-shaped lower end or base 9 insertedin the seat or recess 8 (see Fig. 5). At this time, the annular side wall I I of the base 9 is straight or vertical, as shown in Fig. 5. Form-, ing rollers,"entering within the cup-shaped base 9 exert lateral pressure on the annular side wall ll of the same, expanding or distorting it outwardly as shown at l3 in Figs. 2 and. 6, so that it engages within the outwardly distorted side wall ll! of seat 8 and is held thereby against axial or separating movement from the seat, but is free to be manually rotated within the seat.

To prevent binding or a too great resistanceto rotative movement of the spout in the seat, it is desirable that the shape I3 assumed by the dis-' torted sidewall ll shall not closely follow the distorted formation [2 of the side wall of the seat. Consequently, the rollers which expand wall I l to shape l3 should have an edge forma-'- tion differing from those which expand or distorted or expanded walls I 2'and I3 interengage sufliciently to hold the spout firmly in the recess or seat 8, spout 5 is manually rotative when de- Thus, while the co-operating dis-:1

sired, with suflicient friction between it and the seat to cause it to hold any selected position. In-

stead of the distortion or expansion of the side of. the spout and the side wall of the depression is reduced, the wallmay, for example be expanded at spaced points only, thus avoiding full surface contact between wall i2 and the side wall of the spout and thereby reducing frictional contact in that manner.

The bottom of the base 9 is formed with an opening I!) located eccentrically. When access to the contents M of the can is desired, opening I is used as a guide for the formation of a hole in the bottom of seat 8 registering with the opening 10. Said hole is formed by a suitable punch or other pointed instrument while the spout is in operative or pouring position, as shown in Fig. 1. Thus, the contents or a portion of the same may be easily and conveniently poured out of the can through the aligned openings and out of the spout 5. To close the can merely requires rota-" tion of the spout to an extent necessary. to cause an imperf orate portion of the .bottom of :the spout to extend over and cover the hole formed in the bottom of seat 8. If desired, sever-a1 holes or openings may be eccentrically'formed in the bottom of the cup 9, one of which is diagrammatically illustrated in dotted lines at [5 in Fig. 3, enabling registering co-operating holes to be formed in the bottom of the seat 8, .said latter vholes being covered over and thus closed by imperforate portions of the bottom of the cup when the spoutis rotated to non-pouring or inoperative position.

With the construction described, a firm and secure attachment of the spout to the can is afforded without requiring the perforation of the can to provide securing means for the spout, since the seat 8 constitutes a socket by which the spout is solely maintained in position; an efficient valve means is provided whereby the can contents are maintained in clean and sanitary condition and a convenient and easy dispensation of the can contents through the spout is afforded.

What I claim is:

1. A container of the character described comprising, a can having a top formed with a depressed seat of cup-like formation, a spout having a cupped lower end located in said seat, the seat having an outwardly expanded side wall, the cupped lower end of the spout also have an outwardly expanded side wall of a shape different from that of theexpanded shape of 'the'side wall of the seat to lessen frictional resistance between the side walls, the side wall of the spout being embraced by the side wall of the seat and prevented thereby from displacement out of the seat but capable of rotative movement therein, the :c-uppedlowerrend of the spout having a pouring opening;

l a an containersof the character described comprising a can body provided with a top and a bottom, a filling opening in the bottom of the canya depressed cup-shape seat in the top of the can forming a spout socket, a spout having a the'lower'portion of the'spout to thereby hold the spout inthe socket, the distorted side walls of the' socket being of a difierent shape than the distorted Walls of the spout, and non-conformable thereto whereby co-exterisive contact between the respective walls is avoided, the engagement of the side wall of the socket with that on the spout being such as to permit rotative movement of the spout in the seat without binding or excessive resistance.

' DAVID A. SPRIGINGS. 

